Walks you can reach from The Lakes by train
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Alvechurch to Earlswood (Worcestershire)
3 minutes direct from The Lakes.
Hilly north Worcestershire landscape. River Blythe rises near Earlswood Lakes.
Time: 2h30–5h
Warnings: Cars travel fast on twisty road with no pavement; busy A435 dual carriageway crossing.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Honeybourne to Stratford-upon-Avon (Gloucestershire)
30 minutes direct from The Lakes.
Beautiful line through the northern Cotswolds. Trackbed of old railway line, fields, roads through villages and flat greenway. Route follows the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway from 1859, closed for passenger services in 1968-1969, finally closed in 1976. Now a greenway.
Time: 4h–7h30
Warnings: First section still in use for goods traffic; moderately busy road between Pebworth and Long Marston.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Wood End Circular (Warwickshire)
2 minutes direct from The Lakes.
Warwickshire countryside paths, village lanes and river crossing.
Time: 1h
Warnings: Request stop; no shops in Wood End or Tanworth, stock up before arriving.
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Danzey Circular (Warwickshire)
6 minutes direct from The Lakes.
Farmland, woodland and rural lanes.
Time: 1h30
Warnings: Request stop; no facilities on trail, bring provisions.
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Henley-in-Arden Circular via Henley-in-Arden Guildhall (Warwickshire)
15 minutes direct from The Lakes.
Historic high street, farmland, Millennium Way, rural lanes, fields and woodland edges.
Time: 2h30
Warnings: Can be overgrown summer.
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Stratford-upon-Avon Circular (Warwickshire)
30 minutes direct from The Lakes.
Wood End to Dorridge (Warwickshire)
2 minutes direct from The Lakes.
Umberslade Estate features a manor house built 1695-1700 and the Umberslade Obelisk constructed in 1749 by the 1st Baron Archer.
Woodland: a fifth under tree cover.
Time: 2h30–5h
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Earlswood to Wythall (Warwickshire)
3 minutes direct from The Lakes.
Farmland, heathland, woodland, wet meadow, golf-course edge and river crossing.
Time: 1h
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Wythall to Longbridge (Worcestershire)
6 minutes direct from The Lakes.
Rural with woodland, fields and suburban areas. Walk traces River Cole source on Severn-Trent watershed; passes moated medieval farmhouse; passes Shire Country Park.
Time: 2h30–5h
Warnings: Busy main roads; muddy footpath sections.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Wythall to Shirley (Worcestershire)
6 minutes direct from The Lakes.
Pasture and meadow paths through suburban-fringe countryside.
Time: 1h30
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).
Whitlocks End to Birmingham Moor Street (Warwickshire)
8 minutes direct from The Lakes.
Towpaths and river banks. Urban walk tracing Birmingham's waterpower heritage from suburbs to city center.
Warnings: Busy roads to cross; low bridges on canal sections.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Whitlocks End to Shirley (Warwickshire)
8 minutes direct from The Lakes.
Farmland field paths, canal towpath and Christmas tree plantation.
Time: 1h
Walk details: Heart Rail Trails (PDF).